Packet energy transfer power control elements
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1. A digital power system, comprising:
- at least one electrical power source;
at least one power control element, including;
i) a power conditioning circuit electrically coupled with the electrical power source; and
ii) element controller circuitry electrically coupled with the power conditioning circuit and configured to control and receive feedback from the power conditioning circuit, to receive a communication/synchronization signal, and to output digital power under packet energy transfer protocol; and
a digital power receiver electrically coupled with the power control element to receive electrical current therefrom.
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Abstract
In a digital power system a digital power receiver is electrically coupled with a power control element to receive electrical current therefrom. The power control element includes (i) a power conditioning circuit electrically coupled with an electrical power source and (ii) element controller circuitry electrically coupled with the power conditioning circuit. The element controller circuitry is configured to control and receive feedback from the power conditioning circuit, to receive a communication/synchronization signal, and to output digital power under packet energy transfer protocol.
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1. A digital power system, comprising:
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at least one electrical power source; at least one power control element, including; i) a power conditioning circuit electrically coupled with the electrical power source; and ii) element controller circuitry electrically coupled with the power conditioning circuit and configured to control and receive feedback from the power conditioning circuit, to receive a communication/synchronization signal, and to output digital power under packet energy transfer protocol; and a digital power receiver electrically coupled with the power control element to receive electrical current therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for configuring a power control element in a digital electric power network, comprising:
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delivering a flow of electrical current to at least one power control element comprising a power conditioning circuit and element controller circuitry including a plurality of packet-energy-transfer switches that control the flow of the electrical current through packet-energy-transfer transmission line pairs in the power control element; using the power conditioning circuit to stabilize, regulate or convert an input voltage of the electrical current flow in the power control element; using the element controller circuitry to receive the current flow from the power conditioning circuit, to control and receive feedback from the power conditioning circuit, and to output digital power under packet energy transfer protocol from the power control element; communicating a communication/synchronization signal to the element controller circuitry to selectively open and close different packet-energy-transfer switches in sequence; and delivering to a digital power receiver the output digital power under packet energy transfer protocol, wherein the output digital power is delivered from at least one packet-energy-transfer transmission line pair controlled by at least one closed packet-energy-transfer switch in the power control element. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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